Asian black bear: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Asian black bear lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Ursus thibetanus
Group	Bears
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	4 countries
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Carnivora
Family	Ursidae

Where does the Asian black bear live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Asian black bear in 4 countries and territories across Asia. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, People's Republic of China, Guangdong, Russia, Japan, Korea, Cambodia, India, Iran, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Asian black bear endangered?

The Asian black bear’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Asian black bear?

The Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Ursidae, genus Ursus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Asian black bear

The Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus), also known as the Asiatic black bear, moon bear and white-chested bear, is a medium-sized bear species native to Asia that is largely adapted to an arboreal lifestyle. It is distributed from southeastern Iran, Pakistan, India and the Himalayas to mainland Southeast Asia, the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, China and the Russian Far East to the islands of Honshū and Shikoku in Japan. It is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, and is threatened by deforestation and poaching for its body parts, which are used in traditional medicine.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Asian black bear (revision 1377664708), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q124410 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).